On 09/03/2014 02:27 AM, John Pilkington wrote:
> On 09/02/2014 09:35 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I noticed that K3B and Brasero both do not tell me
>> the things my dvd drive can do, as does CD Burner XP
>> in Windows.
>>
>> Is there some Linux utility to do this?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> -T
>>
> I'm currently using K3b in a CentOS 5 system to write DVD isos.  It's
> more reliable than the drive in my SL6 laptop.  When the burn finishes
> you can 'Show debugging output'
>
> Here are the first few lines.  I suppose they come from growisofs, but I
> haven't waded through the options.
>
> K3b Version: 1.0.5
>
> KDE Version: 3.5.10-1.el5 Fedora
> QT Version:  3.3.6
> Kernel:      2.6.18-371.11.1.el5
> Devices
> -----------------------
> TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-H652D GA01 (/dev/hdc, ) [CD-R, CD-RW, CD-ROM,
> DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-R DL, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD+R DL] [DVD-ROM,
> DVD-R Sequential, DVD-R Dual Layer Sequential, DVD-R Dual Layer Jump,
> DVD-RAM, DVD-RW Restricted Overwrite, DVD-RW Sequential, DVD+RW, DVD+R,
> DVD+R Dual Layer, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW] [SAO, TAO, RAW, SAO/R96P,
> SAO/R96R, RAW/R16, RAW/R96P, RAW/R96R, Restricted Overwrite, Layer Jump]
>
> HTH
>
> John P
>

Hi Steven and JOhn,

Found a cute little utility called "cd-info":

Writing....
   Can write CD-RW                         : Yes
   Can write DVD-R                         : Yes
   Can write DVD-RAM                       : Yes
   Can write DVD-RW                        : No
   Can write DVD+RW                        : No

Not sure how comprehensive it it.

-T